Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exceptional case-marking

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: ex-cep-tion-al -case--mark-ing
IPA

42

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

8

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon where the subject of an embedded infinitival verb seems to appear in the superordinate clause, and, if a pronoun, is unexpectedly marked with objective case morphology.

Uncountable

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does exceptional case-marking mean?: A phenomenon where the subject of an embedded infinitival verb seems to appear in the superordinate clause, and, if a pronoun, is unexpectedly marked with objective case morphology.

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